Family and citizenship : values in contemporary Britain
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Family and citizenship : values in contemporary Britain
Dartmouth, c1992
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book addresses a range of questions concerning the nature of contemporary social bonds based on work carried out in conjunction with the "European Values System Study Group". Questions asked include: How extensively do we trust social institutions, ourselves and others? Do we enjoy a common life constituted by a shared idea of commonly valued goods and valued futures? How far do "family" and "religion" contribute to our view of present obligation and of a preferred future? The author points out that to talk about "we" and "our" is easy, but a comparison of surveys made in 1981 and 1990 enables us to question such apparent solidarity. While discussion of "values" can easily slide into high-mindedness, the wide-ranging questionnaire used in the 1990 study on which this book is based, tells us a great deal about the public doctrine of ordinary people in Britain and about the extent to which they participate in the same world of ideas and belong to each other.
Table of Contents
- Overview - topics to be addressed, what should be expected from the research instrument
- trust, political, social and personal - systems trust, trust in others, trust in self, conclusion
- participating and belonging - disposition towards the political process, belonging in the pooity, membership and work for voluntary organisations, means to secure the future - individual action or collective provision?, conclusion
- common morality and common goods - nature of moral judgement, guiding social principle - freedom or equality?, a common morality?, the good life - the place of work, the good life - social priorities
- family beliefs and beliefs about family - marital commitment, commitment in and to a parental role, commitment to women and women's commitment
- the uses of religion - doctrinal belief, belonging, religion as exploration of a meaning in life
- conclusions - a picture from the 1990 data, changes between 1981 and 1990, how to conceptualise possible values change.
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